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“I’ lady Have some respect”

“At least we agree that one of us is a lady,” Kirsty told her

Morag’s grey skin briefly turned pink

“Is that the kind of thing they taught you to say to your elders while you were taking all your clothes off and parading your wares in front of men? For money”

Kirsty sucked in a lungful of bitter autumn air

“You” She pointed down at the woman

At six foot tall, Kirsty was one of the feo always took her height to be a point of pride and had made it quite clear over the years that she wasn’t irown her

“You,” Kirsty said again, “need to pack up and clear out”

Morag’s dead eyes scrunched to slits as her lips thinned out into a mirthless smile

“What are you going to do?” she said “Officer Donaldson is in Fort Williaone all day”

Now Kirsty really did want to thump her She’d obviously planned her protest for the only day in months that the toithout a police force To nalled to her little group

“Don’t be distracted, get on with the protesting”

She waved her hands in the sa an orchestra

“Oh, no, on’t go,” the group began to chant

“No, no,” snapped Morag “The other one”